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Smurf’s adorable pronunciation inspired this comic
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Alas, I speak not of the fun kind, the province of randy college youth… Nay… My tale goes far back, all the way to the last millenium… And it is a dark one. Every year, come October, the pearly gates windows for NSF unsolicited proposals swing open. As if in a trance, thousands of pilgrim scientists gather to worship at
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Happy New Academic Year!
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Another day, another NSF grant rejection. Scores were E, V, V, V (E=excellent, V=very good). I haven’t seen the report yet, they probably won’t show up till next week. The scores are only a little better than last year, although I thought the proposal itself was MUCH better than last year. (Update: Did get the reviews, really very positive. Still
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Hegel Kegel
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This one is for a bloggy friend, who has little patience with teaching fads, especially those that “reinvent the wheel” without proper attribution.
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Lots of ideas for posts, not enough time. I have been busy with figures for the book, and some were redrawn. Here are a couple that got a makeover: And a few oldies that I like but that didn’t make it into the book:
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———————— * This joke is for everyone who’s ever loved (or hated) the quantization of total angular momentum, J. The z-component of total angular momentum is denoted by Jz. For a given j (the quantum number that characterizes the magnitude of total angular momentum as J=ℏ√j(j+1) ), Jz can have 2j+1 different values. * In case you don’t really follow pop-culture, the joke refers
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Apropos nothing, here are some webcomics I enjoy. These are all humorous, but I am also a sucker for beautiful art, so some of the selection reveals that. (I have also contributed to a couple of Kickstarter campaigns and artists’ Patreons. ) Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal xkcd PhD Comics (obviously) Cyanide and Happiness (not for the
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